Stop Petroamazonas from Destroying the Amazon

Thanks to your petitions, Ecuador's Minister of the Environment Lorena Tapia has opened an investigation into state oil company Petroamazonas for their latest oil spill. Now, we must also demand that she prohibit the company from expanding its operations further into the Amazon.

11,994 people have taken this action so far.

Dear Minister Tapia:

Thank you for opening an investigation into Petroamazonas, a company with a long history of negligence. We request that you prevent future disasters by prohibiting the company from expanding its operations further into the Amazon.

English Translation:

Dear Minister Tapia,

We want to thank you for taking a stand and opening an investigation into Petroamazonas’ July 2nd oil spill. We hope that you will use this opportunity to ensure that Petroamazonas continues to provide clean water and food for the affected communities and fully compensates them for all damages incurred by the spill.

We also hope that you will use this opportunity to fully investigate Petroamazonas’ operations, including the illegal road it built in Block 31 in defiance of your Ministry’s Environmental Impact Assessment, and we ask that you revoke Petroamazonas’ licenses in Yasuní (blocks 31 and 43) and deny its requests to operate in the south central Amazon (blocks 79, 83, 29, and 28). We are worried that unless you use your executive power to prohibit Petroamazonas from extending its operations into Yasuní and the south central Amazon, disasters like this will become increasingly commonplace.

We appreciate your time and hope that through this investigation you will take a stand for the Amazon and the communities that call it home.

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